| | County Economic Status, FY 2007 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, 2003 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2003 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2003 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2007 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2007 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2007 |
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| United States | - | 5.8% | $26,880 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.7% | $20,811 | 13.6% | 99.6% | 77.4% | - | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 5.7% | $21,718 | 16.1% | 98.1% | 80.8% | - | 130.1% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 5.4% | $22,895 | 14.4% | 94.3% | 85.2% | - | 115.9% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | At-Risk | 6.0% | $14,423 | 20.6% | 103.7% | 53.7% | 186.4% | 166.5% | 152 | 2,612 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.5% | $17,707 | 11.7% | 77.8% | 65.9% | 151.8% | 94.9% | 108 | 1,302 | 2 |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 5.6% | $19,068 | 16.1% | 97.4% | 70.9% | 141.0% | 130.2% | 123 | 1,836 | 3 |
| Chambers | Transitional | 6.5% | $16,861 | 17.0% | 112.9% | 62.7% | 159.4% | 137.6% | 137 | 2,278 | 3 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 4.6% | $15,968 | 15.6% | 79.9% | 59.4% | 168.3% | 125.7% | 125 | 1,904 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 4.8% | $17,062 | 15.7% | 82.8% | 63.5% | 157.5% | 126.9% | 122 | 1,824 | 3 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 6.4% | $15,161 | 17.1% | 110.8% | 56.4% | 177.3% | 138.2% | 142 | 2,398 | 4 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 5.2% | $16,014 | 13.9% | 90.4% | 59.6% | 167.8% | 112.7% | 124 | 1,872 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 7.4% | $17,682 | 14.0% | 127.7% | 65.8% | 152.0% | 112.8% | 131 | 2,125 | 3 |
| Coosa | At-Risk | 8.1% | $15,069 | 14.9% | 139.8% | 56.1% | 178.4% | 120.6% | 146 | 2,491 | 4 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 5.5% | $19,343 | 13.0% | 94.7% | 72.0% | 139.0% | 105.0% | 113 | 1,494 | 2 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.4% | $18,325 | 15.4% | 92.9% | 68.2% | 146.7% | 124.3% | 121 | 1,792 | 3 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 4.7% | $20,802 | 10.2% | 80.7% | 77.4% | 129.2% | 82.8% | 98 | 904 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 6.2% | $18,071 | 15.7% | 108.1% | 67.2% | 148.7% | 126.8% | 128 | 2,020 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.2% | $15,868 | 17.3% | 124.1% | 59.0% | 169.4% | 140.0% | 145 | 2,453 | 4 |
| Franklin | Distressed | 9.0% | $16,873 | 18.9% | 155.9% | 62.8% | 159.3% | 152.6% | 156 | 2,663 | 4 |
| Hale | Distressed | 7.6% | $13,112 | 26.9% | 131.1% | 48.8% | 205.0% | 217.2% | 184 | 2,950 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,656 | 13.7% | 117.6% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 110.5% | 127 | 1,980 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.2% | $29,377 | 14.8% | 90.6% | 109.3% | 91.5% | 119.4% | 101 | 1,027 | 2 |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 8.3% | $14,835 | 16.1% | 143.6% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 130.0% | 152 | 2,603 | 4 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 7.2% | $19,408 | 14.4% | 124.3% | 72.2% | 138.5% | 116.5% | 126 | 1,970 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.5% | $18,363 | 15.3% | 112.4% | 68.3% | 146.4% | 123.2% | 127 | 2,003 | 3 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 5.1% | $21,562 | 12.3% | 89.0% | 80.2% | 124.7% | 99.7% | 105 | 1,165 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 6.3% | $12,101 | 32.8% | 109.3% | 45.0% | 222.1% | 265.3% | 199 | 3,003 | 4 |
| Madison | Competitive | 4.5% | $28,250 | 10.5% | 77.2% | 105.1% | 95.1% | 85.2% | 86 | 434 | 1 |
| Marion | At-Risk | 7.2% | $14,679 | 15.6% | 124.8% | 54.6% | 183.1% | 126.3% | 145 | 2,459 | 4 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,878 | 14.7% | 91.6% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 118.5% | 115 | 1,582 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 6.2% | $22,930 | 12.3% | 107.1% | 85.3% | 117.2% | 99.3% | 108 | 1,293 | 2 |
| Pickens | Distressed | 7.8% | $14,473 | 24.9% | 134.7% | 53.8% | 185.7% | 201.3% | 174 | 2,880 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.7% | $14,206 | 17.0% | 116.3% | 52.8% | 189.2% | 137.4% | 148 | 2,514 | 4 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 3.2% | $31,817 | 6.3% | 55.8% | 118.4% | 84.5% | 51.0% | 64 | 55 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 4.8% | $19,382 | 12.1% | 83.8% | 72.1% | 138.7% | 97.6% | 107 | 1,242 | 2 |
| Talladega | Transitional | 7.1% | $18,796 | 17.6% | 122.8% | 69.9% | 143.0% | 142.3% | 136 | 2,259 | 3 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,673 | 16.6% | 117.8% | 65.7% | 152.1% | 133.8% | 135 | 2,210 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 4.5% | $23,129 | 17.0% | 78.8% | 86.0% | 116.2% | 137.5% | 111 | 1,417 | 2 |
| Walker | Transitional | 6.2% | $17,139 | 16.5% | 107.0% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 133.3% | 132 | 2,166 | 3 |
| Winston | At-Risk | 8.3% | $14,687 | 17.1% | 143.7% | 54.6% | 183.0% | 138.5% | 155 | 2,656 | 4 |
